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Had an interesting play occur in a "Semi-pro" game I worked yesterday. They use mainly NFHS rules with a few alterations which wouldn't affect this play. We had two different Varsity White Hats that disagreed on the results of this play.
A's ball 2 and Goal on B's 8 yard line. A1 hands off to A2 who fumbles at the 3 yard line. The ball goes into the endzone and comes to a rest about 9 yards deep in the endzone. Player B1 picks up the ball, hesitates for a second and then steps across the endline. What is the ruling, touchback or safety? I look forward to the discussion on this! Chad |
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All that matters when deciding touchback or safety is the reason the ball crossed the goal line in the first place. A forced the ball into B's endzone, therefore this is a touchback. (Just as if the B player fell on the ball, or if he was tackled, or if he went to one knee on his own.)
The rule reference is NFHS 8-5-3c. |
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What if B picked up the ball and ran around the EZ, breaking tackles, and finally being tacked in the EZ.
Would it then become a safety because he is obviously trying to advance, or is it always a TB when downed in the EZ? |
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I seem to recall there's a case book play that's somewhat close to the revised version here. I believe it's something like B intercepts the ball in his own endzone and decides to lateral the ball to a teammate (backward pass) and the ball is never caught and simply goes over the endline where it falls dead. Whether I recall it correctly or not, it's the same result if the ball was subsequently passed backward by B. Touchback.
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That was the consesus of most of us, the one White Hat still argued that because B stepped out of the back of the endzone it was a safety. My understanding and he couldn't understand this, is that if force by A puts the ball in the endzone, there won't be a safety on B unless a penalty occurs in the endzone. Thanks for the help guys. |
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That white hat needs to change hats. This one is really very basic.
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